HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	52
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

REQUESTING A SUNRISE REVIEW OF GEOLOGIST LICENSURE.

     WHEREAS, H.B. No.     , introduced during the Regular Session of 2008, proposes to require licensure for persons who hold themselves out to the public as geologists; and

     WHEREAS, persons who presently hold themselves out as geologists are not required to be licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise regulated by the State; and

     WHEREAS, section 26H-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires that new regulatory measures being considered for enactment that, if enacted, would subject unregulated professions and vocations to licensing shall be referred to the Auditor for analysis; and

     WHEREAS, section 26H-6 further requires that referral shall be by concurrent resolution that identifies a specific legislative bill to be analyzed; now, therefore,

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fourth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2008, the Senate concurring, that in accordance with section 26H-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Auditor is respectfully requested to conduct a sunrise review of the licensure of geologists as proposed in H.B. No.     ; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Auditor is further requested to submit findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature not later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2009; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Auditor.

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Geologists; Licensure; Sunrise Review